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TREASURY  DEPAtyrllENlL  C.  S.  A.,  ) 

;  Richmond,  .JTov.  j^>,  1863.       J   * 

The  following  Regulations  will  •be  abServi!  by  Produce 
Loan  Agents :  .       f 

1.  The  General  Agent  of  the  Produce  Loan  in  each  State 
shall  receive  from  the  Post  Quartermasjjfg^- apu^nted  to 
collect  the  Tax  in  kind,  under  Section  %13f  of  the  act  of 
April  24,  1863,  all  the  Cotton  collected  byVtfcem  from  time 
to  time,  receipting  for,  the  same  in  ^dufclicate^  one  of  which 
receipts  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Secrd^ry  of 'the  Trea- 
sury. ^      Y  "     • 

2.  The  Cotton  collected  as  above/ shall  be  marked,  weigh- 
ed, classified  and  storedr  subject  to  thej)r(ler  of  the  General 
Agents,^  in  the  Quartermaster's  Dep<Jjj,  if»it  oan  be  kept 
there  safely  and  conveniently ;  otherwise*  ft  shall  •&  stored 
in  some  warehouse  or  cSvefed  building,  in  a-1>afe  locality, 
in  a  town,  village,  or  at  a^r^ilrp^d  ^iSKol^  o^upon  some 
neighboring  plantation.  V     "*  ,    /       ^         %'     " 

3.  The  General  Agefcts^  §hg/l  make  tv^fithly  reports  at 
the  end  of  each  month,  to  the  Produce  I^xtn^Qffice? setting 
forth  the  number  of  bale^  oft  Cotton  cq.J^o*W.  Muring  said 
month,  together  with  theirl  wj&ights,  marks,  Ambers  and 
quality,  and  the  places  whe&e  they  are  stored.  ."       *• 

4.  The  General  Agents  sli;f  1 1  thake  such  regulations  as 
may  be  necessary  and  proper  to  owy  out  the  foregoing, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary,  of  the  Treasury. 

5.  The  General  Agents,  in  addition«to  their  present  com- 
pensation, shall  be  allowed  —  per  cent,  on  the  value  of  the 


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annum  for  their   services,    under  these*  regulation  Tl 

compensation  of  suh-Agents  will  be  fixed  hereafter,  •  ord-  . 

ing  to  the  amount  and  nature  of  the  services  requir  froi. 
them. 

6.  All  expenses>Jricurred  in  the  execution  of  the  egu- 

lations,  shall  freflMHlf  ]m  the  General  Agents,  ou  *  t\i-r 

funds  to  be  #ajiffiit#d/|o  them  from  this  departi  ,  o^ 

requisition  and^stmifte^jfor  the  disbursement  of  wl  he 
shall  render  jHieparate  account. 

?  f  C.  G.  MEMMING 

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